Water cooler



June 14, 1932. F, MORAlRTY ET L 1,863,249

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Patented June 14, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ALBERT r. MQBAIRTY,SAMUEL r. wrrrnn, AND o'r'ro 'scnorr, or PHOENIX, ARIZONA" WATERApplication fi1ed July 31,

This invention appertains to new and useful improvements in electriccoolers and more particularly to a cooler for cooling water and otherliquids in a refrigerator.

3' The principal object of this device is to provide a water coolerconstructed to ful as a shelf in a refrigerator.

These and other importantobjects and advantages of the invention will bea parent to the reader of the following specilcation.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a front elevational view of a refrigerator equippedwith the novel water cooling shelf.

Figure 2 represents a top plan view of the shelf.

Figure 3 represents an edge elevational view of the shelf.

Referring-to the drawings, wherein like numerals designate like parts,it will be seen that the numeral 5 generally refers to a refrigerator ofthe electrical type, but it is to be understood that this novel shelfcan be inbe usefrigerators. I Numeral 6 generally refers to the novelwater cooling shelf, while numeral 7 generally refers to the ordinarytype of shelf, it" being understood however that any number of the watercoolingshelvesfi can'be installed in place of the ordinary shelves 7.

Numeral 8 represents the usual removable cover for the refrigeratorwithpacking 9 in terposed between the cover and the top of the refrigeratorbox. Numeral 10 represents a pressure feed line for the water whichextends preferably through a panelling in the,

back side, into the interior of the refrigerator box and depends down toconnect to the coil of the cooler proper as at 11.

Numeral 12 represents a coil,' the convolutions of which aresubstantially rectangular, and this coil continues inwardly assuming ather types of re-.

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volution at its portion opposed to the joints '11 is offset as at 17 sothat the inlet end portion of the coil 12 is on a line with a portion ofthe same convolution at a point where it merges into the circuitconvolution.

It will also be observed that the inner end of the coil isoffset'downwardly as at 18 so that the outlet tube 14 will be beneaththe shelf and will not interfere with articles placed upon the shelf,

Obviously, water in circulating through this tube will be cooled and canbe drawn off through the faucet 15 with ease.

While the foregoing specification sets forththe invention in specificterms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape,'size,and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit andscope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

We claim:

1. A shelf for refrigerators comprising a coil of tubular material, awater inlet and a water outlet, said outlet being provided with afaucet, the outer convolution of the tubular ,material being offset atthe point where it tures.

ALBERT F. MORAIRTY. SAMUEL F. VVITTEN. OTTO SCHOPP.

flat plane and connects at its, inner end, as at v 13 to the outlet tube14:, which also extends upwardly and out through a panelingin thepacking 9 to connect to a faucet 15.

The corner portions of these convolutions of the tube 12 are connectedby metallic-straps 16 and it will be observed that the second 'con-

